The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-07-22
Democratic Primaries.

At meeting of the Democratic Executive
Committee OF Hartford county, in Bel Air, on
T1Hesd;sy; tn IT, June ne 1887, It was s,o s.,. T.,
the several Election Districts, at the places Of
holding general elections in said districts,
ON SATURDAY, JULY 23d, 1887.
| from the hour of O'Clock, A. NJ, to o'clock, p.
NJ, except in the 3D. District and in Havre de
/ A. NJ. to O'Clock, p. NJ, for candidates for the
following offices:
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT
FoR THREE JUDGES OF THE ORPHANS
For STATES ATTORNEY: u
DELEG ATES (no two from the same dstrIctJ
E ESk S SSTSTy S S3NyEss5SNERs.
FOR MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE CON-
berJ
Resolved, That the following persons are named
as Judges of Election. who will appoint the NO.
,fIrst bisi,Ict.-Abinsdon PrecInet--Geo. VIM.
McComas, Glenn. sewell and Daniel Callahan
Magnolia Precinct-George W. Brown, John
seully and Christopher Herbert;
Henry NJ Courtney, James W. McGaw and Jacob
Hollis. Hopewell observation-disclosures Smith,
e aass 6 s1sss and A p H P4eens,obn G.
G6urchvilie Presinct-w@. i. Harvard. John
II 4
phonzo Robinson, John Clark and Jos. G. Favour.
EourM 1ssfrietl Jarrettsvile precinct.samuel
Degt Fanf Rd Dsoe and wm Durham
Standiford, John Divers aud Samuel W. James.
Norrisvtle Precnc:-Thos. II. Wiley. Nicholas
Wiley and John p. McClung.
FJh Dstrict.-Dublin Precinct X. Lamar Nc
Sann, Joseph r. Hopkins and Hugh A; Jones'.
Murphy and Henry S. Gorrell.
SiIth DiStrict.-Havre de Grace-S. z. Penning,
JOS II. Carver and Thomas Healy.
| Resolred, That all Democrats who will be enti-
tied to vote 10 the districts at the next general
election should be entitled to vote at the primary
meetings; but where district is divided into
precincts the voter must actually reside or be
registered In the precinct where he offers to VOTE
| That when any vote Is challenged or offered by
one heretofore voting the Republican ticket, the
voter will identify himself with the Democratic
! party and support its nominees, and unless so
satisfied, in the exercise of a prudent discretion
| will exclude such vote.
| II any of the Judges above named shall fail to
be present and act, the one or more present shall
Each Democratic voter will vote by ballot for
the person he prefers for each several Office to be
The clerks shall keep list of the persons so
voting, and at the close of the poll deliver the
| same to the Judges.
The Judges in each district and precinct shall
preserve the ballots cast and list OF voters in the
said district, and shall, on THURSDAY, the 2Sth
day Of July, 1887, at IL NJ, make to the Executive
votes cast for each candidate for the several Of
Aces and also return the ballots and list of voters
| to said committee.
Such returns shall be verified by the signatures
of the Judges, or majority of them, and shall be
preserved by the Executive Committee until the
November election following. and shall at all
times be open TO the inspection OF any person in
| terested therein
On receiving such returns the Executive Com
mittee shall ascertain the result throughout the
county, and shall declare and publish the same in
the several Democratic county papers, announc-
ing the person or persons receiving the largest
/ aggregate each the GaQdidatna
Except that for Delegates to the Legislature
and for County Commissioners, no two candi-
dates shall be taken from the same district.
Each district shall select its own candidate for
Districts constituting for that purpose one Elec-
Subject to the above provision the person re-
ceiving the highest vote shall be first selected,
and the next highest from different district,
and so on until the requisite number is obtained.
| In case OF tic vote. the candidate shall be de-
Committee, in Bel Air. on the 18th day of July,
1887. publicly In the presence of all who may
When the person receiving the highest vote for
Judge of the Circuit Court shall be announced as
county. the Executive Committee shall appoint
five persons to cast in the Judicial Convention, TO
be held in Bel Air on Thursday, 4th day OF Au-
gust, 1897 the ave votes of Hartford for that per-
son and for no other.
If, after the announcement of the candidates
any nominee shall decline, remove from the
county or die, the Executive Committee shall
substitute the person having the next highest
vote, who Ia qualified as above
AT the primary meetings each district shall
choose one person to be u member of the Execu-
tive Committee, which shall be constituted of
six persons so chosen, and shall act as such from
the next general election for two years.
The election of such members of the Executive
Committee shall be certified as the votes for
other nominees. and declared by the present
Executive Committee.
Any vacancy In the Executive Committee shall
be filled by the committee.
To facilitate the counting of the votes. in any
district where the Judges shall deem 1t desirable.
two ballot boxes may be provided, and at
o'clock, p NJ. one of the judges with two per-
sons appointed for that purpose by the three
Judges, may begin the counting of the ballots
received up to that hour, whilst the other two
Judges shall continue to receive the votes cast.
The result of counting, as first provided for
shall not be disclosed until all the votes cast shall
be counted.
Any ballot containing more names for one of
Ace than are TO be appointed, shall not be count
ed for that office.
II. D. FARNANDIS, Chairman.
HOLLIS C0IIRTNEY Senratarv